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Liz Norton-Scanga, Director of Marketing
Atlantic City Country Club, An Ottinger Golf Group Property
609-236-4400
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Atlantic City Country Club's
Grand Reopening Celebration and Unveiling
The venerable Atlantic City Country Club has recently undergone a major clubhouse and bunker renovations. We invite you to come spend the day with us, play golf and be part of the celebration. Also be here as we unveil our living history tour, a museum quality video tour commemorating the first 119 years of this amazing club, its distinguished events and all the players that make it one of the most legendary clubs in the country.
Our itinerary for the day includes:10:30am: Registration, Range & Lunch
12noon: Golf
4:30pm: Cocktails on Skydeck
5:30pm: Program
Space is limited for golf. Please RSVP early to assure tee time. Rain date for the event is Tuesday, June 28.
WHERE TRADITION AND EXCELLENCE MEET.
As one of America’s oldest and most prolific golf clubs, Atlantic City Country Club has been home to many firsts, including being the “Birthplace of the Birdie.” The earliest traditions of this seaside links course are still evident today. Finely manicured fairways and large sloping green complexes protected by deep sand bunkers remain the course’s signature as it did more than a century ago. Long carries over natural ponds and salt water marshes also make the course a formidable challenge for any golfer. Shifting breezes, the distinct scent of saltwater, and windswept fescue only add to the total experience. It's no wonder Atlantic City Country Club is named the #1 Public Golf Course in the State of NJ by Golf Week, Golf Magazine and Golf Digest.
Atlantic City Country Club Famous Golf Firsts
The term "Birdie"
FIRST used at Atlantic City Country Club to represent a score of one under par in December 1903 on the 12th Hole of the old course, now the chipping green.
The term "Eagle"
FIRST used at Atlantic City Country Club to represent a score of two under par as a continuation of the "Birdie" theme.
The FIRST Senior Tour event
Contested here in 1980 and was won by Don January.
The FIRST intercollegiate Ivy League Championship
Contested at Atlantic City Country Club in 1901 and was won by Harvard.
FIRST American to win the U.S.G.A. Open Championship
In 1911, Atlantic City Golf Professional John J. McDermott at Age 19, became the FIRST American to win the U.S.G.A. Open Championship. He repeated in 1912 and remains the youngest to have ever won the Open.
U.S. Women's Open Championship
The 1975 U.S. Women's Open Championship at Atlantic City Country Club marked the FIRST time that the tournament was held three times at the same venue.
U.S.G.A. Women's Open Championship three-time winner
Babe Didrickson Zaharias won her FIRST of three U.S.G.A. Women's Open Championships at Atlantic City Country Club in 1948.
The "Haskell Ball"
FIRST used by Walter Travis at Atlantic City Country Club in winning the 1901 U.S.G.A. Amateur Championship. A total of six U.S.G.A. major championships have been contested at Atlantic City Country Club.